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Juggernaut

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Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« on: November 14, 2009, 01:01:25 PM »
Like I said, the Desperado is listed as Urethane WITH silicone.

 What does the silicone do for the ball?
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Re: Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2009, 09:34:21 PM »
It's somewhat covered here - http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=246534&ForumID=115&CategoryID=2
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Re: Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2009, 01:49:03 AM »
ancient chinese secret haaaaaaaaaa............

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Re: Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2009, 03:56:43 PM »
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It's somewhat covered here - http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=246534&ForumID=115&CategoryID=2
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  Checked the thread. Dave says it was to tame the reaction, but doesn't explain any further as to how or why. I figured being regular urethane would tame it sufficiently.
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Re: Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2009, 07:07:24 PM »
Juggernaut,

Your are correct that Urethane is pretty tame, but charicteristic urethan reaction gives you grip earlier on the lane, and we did not want this.  Combined with the strong asymmetric Insignia core, the early read with the urethane cover was too pronounced for the conditions the Desperado was aimed at, so we needed to alter the cover. We tested various methods of reducing the early read that urethane usually has, and adding silicon gave us the look we were after.

I'm not 100% sure, but this could be the first ball produced with silicon in the cover.

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Re: Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2009, 07:20:31 PM »
Ryan,

So how does this solid with silicone differ from a urethane pearl?
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Re: Silicone in the Desperado? What's that about?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2009, 04:43:07 AM »
Slap,

The Desperado is pearl urethane with silicon, not solid.

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